Development of an atmospheric Cherenkov imaging camera for the CANGAROO-III experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 500, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 318-336

  Kabuki, S ^a   Tsuchiya, K ^a   Okumura, K ^a   Enomoto, R ^a   Uchida, T ^a   Tsunoo, H ^a   Hayashi, Shin ^b   Hayashi, Sei ^b   Kajino, F ^b   Maeshiro, A ^b   Tada, I ^b   Itoh, C ^c   Asahara, A ^d   Bicknell, G V ^e   Clay, R W ^f   Edwards, P G ^g   Gunji, S ^h   Hara, S ^d,i   Hara, T ^j   Hattori, T ^k   Katagiri, H ^a   Kawachi, A ^a   Kifune, T ^l   Kubo, H ^d   Kushida, J ^d,i   Matsubara, Y ^m   Mizumoto, Y ⁿ   Mori, M ^a   Moro, H ^k   Muraishi, H ^o   Muraki, Y ^m   Naito, T ^j   Nakase, T ^k   Nishida, D ^d   Nishijima, K ^k   Ohishi, M ^a   Patterson, J R ^f   Protheroe, R J ^f   Sakurazawa, K ⁱ   Swaby, D L ^f   Tanimori, T ^d   Tokanai, F ^h   Watanabe, A ^h   Watanabe, S ^d   Yanagita, S ^c   Yoshida, T ^c   Yoshikoshi, T ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^h YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j YAMANASHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^o IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^p Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Camera; Cosmic ray; Gamma ray telescopes; Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique; Photomultiplier

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS;

CHERENKOV IMAGING CAMERA;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0037484257     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00331-0     Document Type: Article

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